--- title: Make America Great Again: What Year Was Great Quiz description: Regardless of how you feel about Trump, what year in America's history do you think represents the country's peak greatness? canonical: https://time.com/4417359/make-america-great-again-year-quiz/ author: Chris Wilson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-21T18:47:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:26:42.418Z article:section: Politics og:title: What Year Was America Great? You Tell Us og:description: And see how other readers responded. og:url: https://time.com/4417359/make-america-great-again-year-quiz/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: What Year Was America Great? 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Chris Wilson / Cleveland](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson / Cleveland Jul 21, 2016 6:47 PM UTC  by [Chris Wilson / Cleveland](https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson / Cleveland Jul 21, 2016 6:47 PM UTC Donald Trump wants to “Make American Great Again,” as thousands of signature red hats in the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland attest. But it is not clear what era in American history the Republican presidential nominee wants to return America to should he win. A [survey of delegates](http://time.com/4416421/republican-convention-delegates-great-america/) by TIME’s Jay Newton-Small on Wednesday found the most nostalgia for the Reagan years, following by the post-World War II era. Now we’d like to know your opinion: Regardless of how you feel about Trump, what year in America’s history do you think represents the country’s peak greatness? 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